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Monday, August 20, 2007

Daniel the Dumbass

I hate spam.

I really, really hate spam.

Not SPAM®, mind you. I like SPAM®. It's one of Hormel's fine products.

But spam, I don't like.

Okay, spam is technically unsolicited email. And I'm talking about comments (or TrackBacks) that are unrelated to the post of a blog. Like this little blog. We often, though incorrectly, call that spam.

So, it's spam.

And here's why.

There's this "Daniel" (62.22.110.34) that sends little comments out. They are essentially the same comment, with slight variation. And, by looking at the pattern, it's obvious that it's not a real comment.

I'm glad you posted this! I've gotten about 4, all posted to the post I did about JP and I was wondering why someone was making an effor to say they didn't agree with me about what I wrote? What's not to agree with!? It kept going in spam and I kept deleting it but wondered if if was a real person! Now, I'll delete post haste!

I was going to say that Akismet seems to catch most of the spam but you're already ahead of the curve.By the by, have you [and your readers] recently received lots of e-cards? I'm too terrified to open them just in case.Best wishes

Small correction. Spam is not limited to email by any definition. The first known case of "spam" was an insurance ad (it might have been real estate, I don't feel like looking it up) posted as a topic in a technical newsgroup. So you don't have qualify the place just the intent to be an a**h**e.